Leadership Lessons From the Man Behind the World's Biggest Restaurant Company
David Novak of Yum Brands isn't just known for creating Cool Ranch Doritos: he's a renowned leader in charge of overseeing a company of 1.4 million employees... Read more
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Lead Like College Football Coach Hayden Fry
Cultivate those below you, encourage their advancement, and create a strong legacy. Here's how. Read more
Why You Can Never Stop Perfecting Your Business
The most successful owners, like the best athletes, know there's no reaching the top. There's only working harder and learning faster than the next guy. Read more
Why the Real Secrets of Success Are in Your Past
When most executives are looking to the future for their success, maybe it's better to first look back at your past. Here's why. Read more
Do You Have a Vision For Your Company? Are You Sure?
You know you have a vision for your company. So why are so many employees unsure what it is? Read more
Carol's Daughter Founder Lisa Price Lets Go of the Reins 
Lisa Price, CEO of Carol's Daughter, talks frankly about how she transitioned from mixing beauty products in her kitchen to helming a team of experts who do ... Watch video
Give Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself
Three questions you should ask to define the purpose of your company, and why. Read more
Leadership Lessons from the Dalai Lama
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet knows the importance of collaboration, performance, and productivity. Here we summarize key management tenets from his t... Read more
An Entrepreneur's Ode to Andy Rooney
TV Essayist and 60 Minutes fixture for 33 years, Andy Rooney, died this week after appearing in "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" over 1,000 times. Read more
Stan Richards's Unique Management Style
An in-depth look at how one man built the nation's largest independent advertising agency on one principle: Creativity doesn't need a muse. It needs a drill ... Read more
Steve Jobs Remembered
Upon news of Jobs' death, entrepreneurs and leaders shared an outpouring of personal condolences, anecdotes, and inspirations via Twitter, Facebook--even the... View slideshow
Is Your Name CEO-Worthy?
We crunched the numbers to learn the most common names found among the CEOs of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Does your name make the cut? View slideshow
"Am I Crazy?"
Mark Peter Davis, co-founder of social media start-up Kohort, discusses the best way an entrepreneur should face the moment he asks this question. Read more
America’s Toughest CEO Coach
Meet Rob Roy, former Navy SEAL and self-described "Hammer." He will make your life miserable. He also hopes he can teach you how to be a tougher—and better... Read more
A Brewing Feud at Microsoft?
Paul Allen's unflattering portrayal of Bill Gates is stoking controversy, a new cohort of young (and rich) entrepreneurs discover charity, and the rest of th... Read more
Trailblazing Leader: The First Woman to Run an Air Campaign
Air Force Major General Margaret Woodward is in charge of the U.S. air strikes in Libya and the first woman in U.S. history to oversee an air campaign. Read more
Johnson Says There's No 'Magic' to Business Success
The basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur answers Inc. Twitter followers' and Facebook fans' questions about life on and off the court. Read more
CES Versus SXSW Interactive
While thinking about these two conferences this month, I realized that I haven't looked in-depth on what the difference is between the two. I hear l... Read more
Becoming a Better Leader
Becoming a good manager involves a process of learningâ€"and unlearning, according to Harvard professor Linda A. Hill. Some leaders, like Bill Belichick, jus... Read more
How Great Business Leaders Leave Their Mark
Want your company to remember you long after you’ve left it? Take these tips from Ogilvy’s Rohit Bhargava. Read more
Entrepreneurs We Love, 2010
All of these entrepreneurs are making our lives healthier, saner, richer, or just more fun. Read more
Lessons From Nightmare Bosses
The No Asshole Rule author Robert Sutton shares lessons from his new book, Good Boss, Bad Boss . Read more
A Little Enlightened Self-Interest
Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard and Winning Workplaces's Ken Lehman talk about values, ethics, and why companies that treat employees well have a business advantage. Read more
Testing a Company's Commitment to Transparency
When executives at Return Path decided to sell a division, they also had to decide whether they would bend their commitment to openness and transparency. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade
Lifelong friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took both sustainable profit and social activism into consideration when starting their ice cream business. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Hugh Hefner, Founder of Playboy Enterprises
For Hugh Hefner, the sexual revolution was also a huge business opportunity. Here's how the founder of Playboy turned a nudie mag into a global brand. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: James Jerome Hill, CEO of the Great Northern Railway
James Jerome Hill built a depression-proof transcontinental railroad without a dime from the government. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: David Sarnoff of NBC and RCA
Rather than fearing the disruption caused by new technology, David Sarnoff embraced it, building a broadcast empire first in radio and then in TV. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Michael Dell, Founder of Dell Computer
Michael Dell founded one of the world's most well-known computer companies from his college dorm room. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Pierre Omidyar of eBay
He set up an online marketplace that brought buyers and sellers together as never before, and pioneered the concept of quantifying the trustworthiness of an ... Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Ray Kroc of McDonald's
Ray Kroc was able to bring to scale his McDonald's operation in a way that few entrepreneurs could rival. Read more
The Wisdom of Peter Drucker from A to Z
Known widely as the father of management, Peter Drucker formulated many concepts about business that we now take for granted. On the 100th anniversary of his... Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Phil Knight of Nike
He conquered a niche, then brought it mainstream. He was one of the first American entrepreneurs to source product in Asia. And he created a brand that inspi... Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company
Not only did he build one of the largest automobile manufacturers, he set in motion a series of changes that would change society as a whole. Read more
The Great Leaders Series: Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com
Jeff Bezos is an e-commerce pioneer who started Amazon.com to sell books, and expanded into just about everything else. Read more
